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Alaska 34th Legislature
Workplace Violence Protective Orders [HB-222]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to workplace violence protective orders; relating to attorney fees; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; relating to the powers of district judges and magistrates; amending Rules 4 and 65, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Hall
Read The First Time - Referrals on 05/07/2025
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Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship [SB-190]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; amending the Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure, and Rule 77(c), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Read The First Time - Referrals on 05/07/2025
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Pharmacy Benefits Manager;3rd Party Admin [HB-149]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
An Act relating to pharmacy benefits managers; relating to third-party administrators; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
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Omnibus Insurance Bill [HB-148]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to insurance; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
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Pharmacy Benefits Manager;3rd Party Admin [SB-134]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
An Act relating to pharmacy benefits managers; relating to third-party administrators; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Giessel
Referred To Rules on 05/17/2025
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Omnibus Insurance Bill [SB-132]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to insurance; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Effective Date(s) Of Law See Chapter on 06/25/2025
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Cina: Citizens' Review Panels [SB-123]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to citizen review panels for certain children in state custody; reestablishing the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Myers
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) [HB-1555]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [HB-1509]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Intercepted Communications - Admissibility of Evidence [SB-1007]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a certain criminal proceeding under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [SB-1004]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the circumstances under which an equity court is authorized to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child to include that the petition for visitation rights was filed after an action for divorce, annulment, custody, or paternity was filed by a parent of the child; and requiring an equity court to grant certain visitation rights if the child resided with the grandparent for at least 12 months, or the child's parent, who is the child of the grandparent, is deceased and the court finds it in the best interest of the child.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
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Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [HB-1441]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; requiring an electronic smoking devices manufacturer to execute and deliver a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report [HB-1406]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Local Finance - Special Taxing Districts - Anne Arundel County Erosion Prevention Projects and Erosion Control Projects [HB-1467]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring interest earnings on money deposited for a certain taxing and assessment district to be credited to that district; specifying that a certain provision of law governing the petition process for the construction of an erosion prevention project or erosion control project in a certain district in Anne Arundel County does not apply to certain planning, permitting, or cost estimate activities; authorizing certain entities to use tax funds for upkeep or reconstruction of an existing shore erosion control project; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 168 on 04/22/2025
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Public Health - Milk Products - Direct-to-Consumer Sale of Raw Milk for Human Consumption [HB-1449]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Agriculture ]
Excluding certain sales of raw milk for human consumption from certain State regulation of milk products; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Secretary of Health before the person may sell raw milk direct to the consumer for human consumption; and establishing certain requirements for raw milk produced and sold direct to the consumer for human consumption in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Labor and Employment - Disclosure of Employee's Immigration Status - Prohibition [HB-1476]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting an employer from disclosing or threatening to disclose an employee's immigration status to a public body for the purpose of concealing an employer's violation of certain labor, benefit, or tax laws; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a violation of the Act on the Commissioner's own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint; and authorizing an alleged violator to request an administrative hearing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines [HB-1270]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
Exempting certain areas in the Big Savage Mountain Wildland, Bear Pen Wildland, and Dan's Mountain Wildland from being designated as a wildland area, subject to a certificate of public convenience and necessity being obtained for a certain transmission line; and requiring the Public Service Commission to require an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain overhead transmission line to provide wildland impact mitigation guarantees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Motion Special Order Until 03/27 (delegate Crosby) Adopted on 03/17/2025
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Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements [HB-1241]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission to seize electronic smoking devices that are sold or offered for sale in violation of certain provisions of law without a warrant; establishing procedures for the return of certain property seized by the Executive Director; establishing certain record-keeping requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Favorable With Amendments {863729/1 on 04/07/2025
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Public Utilities - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Energy Storage Devices [HB-1338]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission before beginning construction of an energy storage device with a minimum energy storage capacity of 2 megawatts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Fee Disclosures [HB-1257]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain information to prospective tenants about fees imposed on tenants and prohibiting a landlord from imposing a mandatory fee that was not disclosed; applying the Act to a lease signed or renewed on or after October 1, 2025, and a landlord that offers four or more dwelling units for rent; and authorizing a tenant to file a claim against a landlord for a violation of the Act on or after February 1, 2026, and during the tenancy or up to 2 years after the tenancy expired.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025